School Board meets privately on superintendent's evaluation
The short version
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The School Board met behind closed doors about the superintendent's evaluation.
Back in public, the board said the closed talk covered only a limited personnel matter about the superintendent's evaluation. The transcript shows no vote or action after it.
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The board's governance manual came up for its second read. A third read and final vote are planned at a later board meeting.
The manual sets the board's goals, its limits on the superintendent and how members conduct themselves. This read was set to cover public comments and board members' suggestions.
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Written public comments asked for changes to the manual's rules on board members.
Comments asked that members keep the right to express independent opinions. They also asked the board to reconsider its changes to the rule on staff time and to define "unnecessary administrative burden."
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The next School Board meeting is Nov. 4 at 5 p.m.
It will be held at the Alice and Bruce King Educational Complex, 6400 Uptown Blvd. NE, and livestreamed at aps.edu.
What’s next
- A final draft of the governance manual changes goes to Board Services, followed by a third read and final vote at a later board meeting.
- Next School Board meeting: Wednesday, Nov. 4, at 5 p.m. at the Alice and Bruce King Educational Complex, 6400 Uptown Blvd. NE.
Everything on the agenda (2 items)
Reports, presentations and discussion 2
Heather Benavidez, who chairs the governance manual review, was listed to present. The manual covers the board's goals, its limits on the superintendent and members' conduct. A committee set up July 15 suggested changes. The board first went over them Sept. 9, and the draft was then posted for 30 days of public review. Written comments asked that members keep the right to express independent opinions, and that the board reconsider changes to the rule on staff time. The transcript does not include this discussion.
For you: Anyone who wants a say in how the school board governs itself and oversees the superintendent.
The board met in private to discuss a limited personnel matter about the superintendent's evaluation. It then came back to open session and adjourned. The transcript shows no action taken.
What the record doesn’t say
- This summary was written from a machine transcript of the meeting video before the official minutes were out.
- The transcript covers only the last minute of the meeting. The governance manual discussion and the vote to go into closed session are not in it.
- Which members attended, and what time the meeting ended, are not stated.
- Whether the board reached any decision on the superintendent's evaluation is not stated.
- The packet's printed layout makes it unclear what share of meeting time the board's proposed rule would set aside for checking student progress.
Meeting details
- Meeting
- Special meeting (work session), 5:00 p.m.
- Where
- Online, livestreamed on the APS Board of Education YouTube channel
- Presiding
- Board President Tome-Warito
- Attendance
- Not stated in the transcript or agenda
- Written from
- From the meeting video’s transcript and the agenda. The official minutes are not out yet.
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